Personalities

Famous personalities of India

Short, sourced profiles — sector, state, honours, facts and quotes. Money figures always name their source and year; estimates are marked.

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Banking & finance S. Venkitaramanan Indian economist, (1931-2023) 1931–2023 · Tamil Nadu Religion & spirituality Sai Kaleshwar 1973–2012 · Tamil Nadu Religion & spirituality Satchidananda Saraswati Yogiraj (1914-2002) 1914–2002 · Tamil Nadu Other sports Sharath Kamal Indian table tennis player b. 1982 · Tamil Nadu Business & industry Shiv Nadar Indian businessman b. 1945 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Sivan Kailasavadivoo Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation b. 1957 · Tamil Nadu Chess Subramanian Arun Prasad Indian chess player b. 1988 · Tamil Nadu Actors Suhasini Maniratnam Indian actress and director b. 1961 · Tamil Nadu Medicine & health V Shanta Indian cancer specialist (1927–2021) 1927–2021 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Vainu Bappu Indian astronomer (1927-1982) 1927–1982 · Tamil Nadu Chess Vaishali Rameshbabu Indian chess player b. 2001 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist b. 1952 · Tamil Nadu Religion & spirituality Vethathiri Maharishi Indian writer, Indian Sage, Indian Philosopher, Yoga Guru (1911-2006) 1911–2006 · Tamil Nadu Tennis Vijay Amritraj Indian tennis player b. 1953 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Indian neuroscientist b. 1953 · Tamil Nadu Chess Viswanathan Anand Indian chess grandmaster b. 1969 · Tamil Nadu Actors Vyjayanthimala Indian actress, dancer and parliamentarian b. 1936 · Tamil Nadu Science & space Yamuna Krishnan Indian-American Scientist and professor b. 1974 · Tamil Nadu

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